The Influence Of Choices In The Color Of Water By James Mcbride

The choices that a person makes in their life has the ability to greatly impact the lives of the people around them. These choices can be insignificant, or they can be major but overall they cause some sort of change. A person must always be aware of the choices they make because it could lead to something completely unexpected. One decision has the ability to not only impact the life of himself, but the lives of others around them. Throughout The Color of Water, “The Interlopers”, “The Most Dangerous Game”, and “The Scarlet Ibis”, The decisions that the main characters make not only affected themselves, but the others around them as well. In The Color of Water by James McBride, the choices Ruth McBride makes ultimately change her life. In the story, she chooses to stray from her identity and leaves her old name behind. Ruth decided to change her name from Rachel to Ruth in 1941. She believs that Rachel had to go for the rest of her to live. We see this when Ruth says, “Rachel Shilsky is dead as …show more content…
In The Color of Water by James McBride Ruths decision to disconnect herself from her past leads to a poor relationship with her family. In “The Intolopers” by Saki the decisions made have an unexpected effect on the outcome of the story. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford makes decisions that change his life, and lead to the death of Zaroff. Lastly, in “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, The choices james make create new hope for his disabled little brother. When the people in these stories make decisions they are often unaware of the overall effect that they will have. The decisions a person makes in their life completely alters the world around them. However, is no telling what could happen in the future. A person must stay aware of the possible affects on their decisions before it is too late, because overall those decisions can change